Pistons, bearings and availability

islaboo

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Within a week I should be able to start stripping the engine of my 1970 2000tc. It has done 97,000 miles so will need some serious work. I am hoping that the mains and bid end journals are ok and that I just need a reborn with oversize pistons and rings. Initial research shows a wide variety of views as to where to source these parts at a fair price. All advice welcome. My last rebuild was a 2300 from an SD1 when parts were freely available. From what I can see this may be an expensive task.

won’t know the full extent until the unit is stripped
 
Piston sets and piston rings are available from Mark Gray or Wins Int’l. Standard main bearings have become very scarce these days and may take some hunting down. I found mine from a British car parts specialist in Pennsylvania, I think he was relieved to sell them but it was also the last set.
 
Excellent thank you. I am maybe over optimistic needing standards sizes after 97k

time to crack on stripping it down
Thanks again all
 
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